Medicine Prices to Go Up by 15 Percent

The approval of the increase in medicine prices was due to be increased from sometime and the manufacturers were seeking the approval from a longer period of time. The manufacturers even threatened that if they wouldn’t be allowed to increase the price they would stop manufacturing them.

However, now the approval of the increase has been attained by the prices of all the life saving drugs in Pakistan would go up by 9 percent whereas the price of the other medicines would go up by 15 percent. The approval of this increase has been conducted by the federal government.

The manufacturers have been directed by the Drug Regulatory Authority to place the revised priced on the medicines and float the new medicines with the updated prices as shown on the box of the medicines. This entire increase would affect definitely a number of people.